Business boost for trainees

Renfrewshire youngsters are getting a taste for local apprenticeships with one of the biggest engineering companies in the world.

Teens from the YES Programme visited LAGTA Bosch’s Service Training Base at Eurocentral in North Lanarkshire for a tour and to see the potential of learning and earning.

Run by the Kibble Group, the YES programme is an employability scheme designed to help young people who are furthest from the jobs market.

Those taking part are given extra support and training, work experience and qualifications to enter mainstream employment.

Jim Gillespie, chief executive of Kibble Group, said: “Statistics show the damage that youth unemployment can have on someone’s life chances.

“This is one of the reasons that the Kibble Group has invested heavily in providing training and employment opportunities for young people in Paisley and Renfrewshire.

“We look forward to working closely with Bosch in the future to identify more ways for young people to access apprenticeships.”

Billy White, operations manager at Bosch, added: “We know the staff at Kibble certainly make a difference to the lives of young people.

“If we can help with this goal we certainly will be happy to do so whenever possible and hopefully this will include some of the young people involved endingup with apprenticeships in engineering or automotive.”